Point Reyes Serenity

In my attempts to show off my neighborhood and the local areas I love so much I am rediscovering favorite places and am finding them to be wonderfully soothing and yet exhilarating places to photograph.

The old 'Point Reyes' boat that is grounded behind the hardware store in Inverness has always been a favorite stop of mine. The morning I took Iain out there though it was high tide! I'd never stopped there when the water reached the boat and I was delighted to see the boat reflected in the calm waters.

A few days later Enrique joined us for a sunrise run to Drakes Beach. Iain and Enrique went up the cliff to capture the glow on the far cliff faces but I was intrigued by the flat rocks I saw on the beach. It didn't take me long to find some pretty drift wood and set up a shot that I found peaceful and compelling.

Raining Cats and Dogs

I am so glad that I headed out today! I had thought I would head into Samuel P Taylor State Park to look for mushrooms in the rain but I've never been there and couldn't figure out where the trail heads were located. I found several turn outs but the only "official" looking area was the campground. So instead I drove past and ended up in Point Reyes... the clouds were breaking up to some extent so I went looking for raptors. I found several Red-tailed Hawks, a Red-shoulder Hawk and a Harrier Hawk but they were all pretty skiddish and flew away just before could achieve a focus lock.

The highlight came in the Tule Elk reserve. I noticed a bit of brown/gold fur poking out under the guard rail. Low and behold a beautiful coyote came into view. He gave me one split second look before trotting off to hunt more mice.

Later in the day I ran into several very cooperative Mule Deer.

To top it all off, on the way through Olema I found a beautiful Bobcat mousing in a field. What a wonderful day!